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How Substitutable Are Workers? Evidence from Worker Deaths

By Simon Jäger June 14, 2017 by renholding

The fluidity of labor markets depends on the ease with which one side of the market can fulfill the needs of the other: whether workers can find employment that suits their skills and firms can find adequate substitutes for workers …

Shearman & Sterling Discusses European Central Bank’s Leveraged Transactions Guidance

By Ronan Wicks, Esther Jansen, Korey Fevzi, Peter Hayes and Helen Walsh May 24, 2017 by renholding

After a period of public consultation, the European Central Bank (the “ECB”) published its final Guidance on Leveraged Transactions (the “Guidance”) on May 16, 2017[1]. Twenty-four organisations (comprising credit institutions and market associations) commented directly on the ECB’s …

A Tax on Aggressive Tax Planning

By Jan Vleggeert and Henk Vording May 16, 2017 by renholding

Tax planning by multinational enterprises (MNEs) is estimated to generate a worldwide loss of corporate tax revenues of between $100 billion and $240 billion. U.S.-based MNEs alone are believed to retain a total of $2 trillion in earnings outside the …

Arnold & Porter Discusses Trump’s Buy American and Hire American Executive Order

By Steven F. Diamond and Michael E. Samuels May 10, 2017 by Jeff Himelson

The United States has long offered its domestic industrial base preferential treatment in the Federal government marketplace through laws and regulations requiring agencies to prefer purchase of American-made products and contracts with American companies, and only resort to other sources …

Kirkland & Ellis Discusses Trump’s Trade Agenda

By Jeff Himelson April 17, 2017 by Jeff Himelson

In late March, the Trump administration took several steps to begin implementation of its “America First” international trade agenda. We note three actions in particular:

First, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Secretary of Commerce and the U.S. …

Cleary Gottlieb on the Trade Implications of Brexit

By François-Charles Laprévote, Simon Jay, Jonathan Kelly, Maurits Dolmans and Bob Penn April 7, 2017 by Carly Goeman

The UK Government triggered on March 29, 2017, Article 50 TEU.  As a result, the UK is likely to have exited the EU by March 2019.

In a speech delivered on January 17,  Prime Minister (“PM”) May explained …

Latham & Watkins on Defining Foreign Private Issuers: Wizard or Muggle?

By Alexander F. Cohen, Paul M. Dudek and Joel H. Trotter April 5, 2017 by Carly Goeman

The world of Harry Potter is divided into wizards and muggles, those who can work magic, and those who (sadly) cannot. In the world of US federal securities laws, the division between domestic US companies and foreign private issuers, or …

Debevoise & Plimpton Discusses EU’s Approach to Financial Services “Equivalence” Decisions

By Benjamin Lyon and James Scoville March 20, 2017 by renholding

On February 27, 2017, the European Commission published a Staff Working Document[1] containing an assessment of EU equivalence decisions in financial services policy.[2] Equivalence decisions are a core element of the Commission’s international strategy for financial services and …

Kirkland & Ellis Discusses the Trump Administration’s National Trade Policy Agenda

By Joanna Ritcey-Donohue and Sam Moss March 17, 2017 by Jeff Himelson

On March 1, 2017, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) released its National Trade Policy Agenda for 2017 (“Trade Agenda”) describing the President’s trade policy objectives. The Trade Agenda is consistent with President Trump’s campaign promises to fundamentally …

Arnold & Porter Discusses Data Protection in the EU

By Dr. Jens Steger, Nancy L. Perkins, Richard Dickinson, Ronald D. Lee and Zoe V. Walkinshaw March 15, 2017 by Jeff Himelson

2017 has started with a bang on the data protection front. The new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which is intended to harmonise data protection legislation across the EU, was adopted in April last year and is due to …

PwC on Basel Committee’s Views of its Fundamental Review of the Trading Book

By Dan Ryan, Julien Courbe, Mike Alix, Adam Gilbert and Armen Meyer February 24, 2017 by renholding

On January 26 the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) released its first set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB). The BCBS published the FRTB in January 2016 with the intent to …

K&L Gates Discusses the Border Adjustment Tax

By Betsy-Ann Howe, Mary Burke Baker and Rebecca Bolton February 21, 2017 by Jeff Himelson

The House Republicans have proposed sweeping changes to the U.S. tax system, specifically that income from the export of goods, services and intangibles will not be subject to federal income tax, and that the cost of such imports into the …

PwC Explores Whether Trump Will Stay the Course on Sanctions

By Dan Ryan, Sean Joyce, Jeff Lavine, Joseph Nocera, Didier Lavion and Armen Meyer February 17, 2017 by renholding

President Trump made many statements during the campaign regarding actions he plans to take to reverse Obama administration sanctions policies.[1] These included revisiting the agreement to ease sanctions on Iran, rolling back the sanctions program against Russia, and reversing …

Gibson Dunn Discusses Antitrust in China

By Sebastien Evrard February 15, 2017 by Jeff Himelson

China’s antitrust regulators have continued to increase their enforcement of the Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”) in 2016.  Given the high level of scrutiny in this area and the current legal environment in China, compliance with the AML should be a priority …

The Legacy of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 15 Years On

By Paul Lanois February 9, 2017 by renholding

“What does Sarbanes-Oxley mean? That’s when two members of U.S. Congress fiddle and half a million accountants in Europe start dancing.”[1]

President Donald Trump pledged during his electoral campaign to repeal some of the reforms that came about …

Paul Weiss Discusses FCPA Enforcement and Anti-Corruption Developments

By Farrah Berse, Peter Jaffe, Justin Lerer, Mark Mendelsohn and Alex Oh February 8, 2017 by Jeff Himelson

2016 was, by any measure, an extraordinary year for the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.  The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission assessed a record-shattering total of nearly $2.5 billion in penalties.  But despite those …

Financial Deregulation: Repeal or Adjust?

By Claude Lopez and Elham Saeidinezhad February 6, 2017 by renholding

While a major overhaul of U.S. financial regulation may be unlikely during the early months of the Trump administration, changes should be expected as his nominees to lead the Treasury Department and financial regulatory agencies are confirmed. This will be …

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Debevoise Looks at UK’s Initial Move to Expand Corporate Criminal Liability

By Karolos Seeger, Alex Parker and Andrew Lee February 2, 2017 by renholding

On January 13, the UK Government took a step towards significant reform of the business crime landscape by issuing a formal “call for evidence” in relation to corporate liability for economic crimes such as fraud, false accounting and money laundering. …

K&L Gates Discusses the Border Adjustment Tax

By Mary Burke Baker, Stacy J. Ettinger, James T. Walsh, Bart Gordon and Daniel F. C. Crowley February 1, 2017 by Jeff Himelson

Thanks to the Republican sweep of the White House and the Congress, all the talk in recent years about tax reform is on the verge of turning into action.  What many dismissed as idle chatter before Election Day suddenly became …

K&L Gates Discusses Trump’s Plan to Make Mexico Pay for the Wall

By Joseph A. Valenti, Daniel F. C. Crowley and Michael R. Komo January 25, 2017 by Jeff Himelson

One of the most significant post-election questions for the financial-services industry—particularly global financial institutions that move money across borders—is, what is the status of President Trump’s proposal to tax electronic remittances to Mexico to pay for the wall between Mexico …

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